Prior to joining SecurityCoverage, Mr. Gates worked for Maytag Appliances most recently as the Vice President of Sales responsible for directing the efforts of the Independent/ Buying group structure. He served 28 years in a variety of customer development and sales leadership roles, joining SecurityCoverage in September of 2006. While at Maytag Mr. Gates served as the Vice President of Customer Development. In this role he had responsibility for overseeing all aspects of the National Account Customer Teams with focus placed on the development of strategic customer relationships. Additionally Mr. Gates served on the development team responsible for the design and implementation of Maytag's Go-To-Market Strategy. A native of Iowa, Mr.Gates received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing in from the University of Northern Iowa |